Robert Elkington Wood (13 Juni 1879 – 6 November 1969) adalah seorang perwira militer dan eksekutif bisnis asal Amerika. Setelah pensiun dari ketentaraan dimana ia berpangkat brigjen, Wood sukses berkarier sebagai eksekutif perusahaan, terutama dengan Sears, Roebuck and Company. Seorang Republikan, Wood merupakan pemimpin gerakan Konservatisme Amerika Old Right dari 1920an sampai 1960an serta bekingan finansial utama dari America First Committee sebelum Amerika Serikat masuk Perang Dunia II.
| Jenderal Robert E. Wood | |
|---|---|
| Nama lahir | Robert Elkington Wood |
| Lahir | 13 Juni 1879 Kansas City, Missouri |
| Meninggal | 6 November 1969 (umur 90) Lake Forest, Illinois |
| Dikebumikan | Lake Forest Cemetery |
| Pengabdian | Amerika Serikat |
| Dinas/cabang | Angkatan Darat Amerika Serikat |
| Lama dinas | 1900–1915 1917–1919 |
| Pangkat | Brigadir jenderal |
| Perang/pertempuran | Perang Filipina–Amerika |
| Penghargaan | Distinguished Service Medal Legion of Honour-Chevalier (Prancis) Order of St Michael and St George (Britania Raya) |
| Pasangan | Mary (Hardwick) Wood |
| Hubungan | Dua putri: Frances E. (Wood) Fentress, Sara S. A. (Wood) Arrmour |
| Pekerjaan lain | Eksekutif bisnis |
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- Justus D. Doenecke, “General Robert E. Wood: The Evolution of A Conservative,” (1978).
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- Chang, Myong-Hun, and Joseph E. Harrington Jr. "Organizational structure and firm innovation in a retail chain." Computational & Mathematical Organization Theory 3.4 (1998): 267-288. compares Wood with Montgomery Ward's Sewell Avery online[pranala nonaktif]
- Doenecke, Justus D. "General Robert E. Wood: The Evolution of a Conservative." Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984) 71.3 (1978): 162-175. in JSTOR
- Emmet, Boris, and John E. Jeuck. Catalogues and Counters: A History of Sears, Roebuck and Company (U of Chicago Press, 1950)
- Worthy, James C. Shaping an American institution: Robert E. Wood and Sears, Roebuck (1986).
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- Robert E. Wood bio at SearsArchives.com
- Robert E. Wood bio at Spartacus International
- "Microsoft and Google Grapple for Supremacy" by Steve Lohr, New York Times; discussion of Wood's role at Sears